http://www.insideworldfootball.com/component/content/?view=featured Fri, 24 May 2013 22:06:07 +0100 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12593-platini-casts-doubt-over-reform-proposals-ahead-of-next-week-s-fifa-congress http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12593-platini-casts-doubt-over-reform-proposals-ahead-of-next-week-s-fifa-congress By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
May 24 - Playing politics in immaculate style, UEFA president Michel Platini gave a veiled hint for the first time today that his 53 members may not support FIFA's reform process for cleaning up the game, due to reach its climax in Mauritius next week after two years of rhetoric and table thumping.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Fri, 24 May 2013 20:30:19 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12591-uefa-congress-platini-escalates-war-on-match-fixers-and-organised-crime http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12591-uefa-congress-platini-escalates-war-on-match-fixers-and-organised-crime By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
May 24 - UEFA president Michel Platini today stepped up his campaign to counter match-fixing by calling once again on governments and politicians to help tackle what he believes is the biggest crisis facing football.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Fri, 24 May 2013 13:11:14 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12592-gibraltar-gets-uefa-vote-europe-league-winners-get-cl-entry-gill-gets-his-exco-seat http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12592-gibraltar-gets-uefa-vote-europe-league-winners-get-cl-entry-gill-gets-his-exco-seat By Andrew Warshaw
May 24 - Gibraltar officially became the 54th member of UEFA today when delegates voted at their annual congress to give the tiny British colony full membership - with the Euro 2016 qualifying competition expected to be its first major tournament.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Fri, 24 May 2013 13:41:10 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12589-uefa-pick-berlin-s-olympiastadion-for-2015-champions-league-final http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12589-uefa-pick-berlin-s-olympiastadion-for-2015-champions-league-final By Mark Baber
May 24 - The 2015 Champions League Final will be held in Berlin's Olympiastadion, the UEFA Executive Committee decided on Thursday at its meeting in London. Warsaw's National Stadium won the honour of hosting the Europa League Final 2015.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:05 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12586-on-the-run-dan-tan-and-44-hungarians-indicted-on-match-fixing-charges http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12586-on-the-run-dan-tan-and-44-hungarians-indicted-on-match-fixing-charges By Andrew Warshaw
May 24 - Dan Tan, the elusive and notorious Singaporean who is on almost every list of wanted match-fixers, has been charged over an international conspiracy stretching back four years, along with 44 Hungarians.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Fri, 24 May 2013 09:15:11 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/premier-league/12587-manchester-united-refinances-debt-to-cut-interest-by-10m-a-year http://www.insideworldfootball.com/premier-league/12587-manchester-united-refinances-debt-to-cut-interest-by-10m-a-year By Paul Nicholson
May 24 – Manchester United will cut their interest payments by £10 million a year under a new loan secured with the Bank of America at lower interest rates.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Premier League News Fri, 24 May 2013 09:58:20 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/fifa/12588-mauritius-congress-warm-up-will-see-a-goal-project-initiated-and-hq-renamed http://www.insideworldfootball.com/fifa/12588-mauritius-congress-warm-up-will-see-a-goal-project-initiated-and-hq-renamed May 24 - Mauritius, host to next week's gathering of the world's football federations for the 63rd FIFA Congress, will kick proceedings off with the opening of a new facility and the renaming of an older one.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured FIFA News Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:50 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12590-lebara-mobile-s-new-borussia-dortmund-sponsorship-targets-germany-s-migrants http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12590-lebara-mobile-s-new-borussia-dortmund-sponsorship-targets-germany-s-migrants May 24 - Borussia Dortmund has signed a one-year sponsorship deal with Lebara Mobile, a leading provider of mobile phone service to destinations outside Germany, in a deal put together by marketing agency Sportfive.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Fri, 24 May 2013 12:14:13 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12585-uefa-congress-preview-bridges-built-issues-grasped-politics-in-the-front-seat http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12585-uefa-congress-preview-bridges-built-issues-grasped-politics-in-the-front-seat By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
May 23 - David Gill, who recently stepped down as Manchester United's chief executive, looks certain to become English football's most influential voice in Europe when he is elected to the executive committee of UEFA on Friday. ]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Thu, 23 May 2013 19:01:04 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12584-uefa-takes-the-gloves-off-in-the-fight-against-racism-and-doping http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12584-uefa-takes-the-gloves-off-in-the-fight-against-racism-and-doping By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
May 23 - UEFA's unprecedented crackdown on racism – involving 10-match bans and stadium closures – will kick in on June 1, while blood tests are to be routinely conducted across all UEFA competitions from next season. ]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Thu, 23 May 2013 14:43:40 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12580-greek-super-league-halved-as-eight-clubs-are-refused-licences-including-panathinaikos http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12580-greek-super-league-halved-as-eight-clubs-are-refused-licences-including-panathinaikos By Mark Baber
May 23 - The Greek Football Federation has decided not to issue licenses to eight clubs including AEK Athens, Aris Thessaloniki, Panathinaikos, PAS Giannina, OFI, Kerkyra, Panionios and Panthrakikos. The decision was taken yesterday after a two day meeting examining the records of the Greek Super League.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:24 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/premier-league/12579-no-place-for-losers-in-the-race-for-the-premier-league-s-tv-cash http://www.insideworldfootball.com/premier-league/12579-no-place-for-losers-in-the-race-for-the-premier-league-s-tv-cash By Paul Nicholson
May 23 - The difference between the 'haves' and the 'have nots' in English football was emphasised again by the release by the Premier League of their broadcast payments to clubs for the 2012/13 season just finished. Even within the Premier League, the payments to clubs show a huge gap with Manchester United at the top earning 34% more than bottom placed QPR.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Premier League News Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:50 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/asia/12578-malays-promise-action-on-match-fixing-after-players-receive-death-threats http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/asia/12578-malays-promise-action-on-match-fixing-after-players-receive-death-threats By Andrew Warshaw
May 23 - Malaysian football authorities have pledged to investigate new claims of match-fixing and have urged police to protect players amid death threats from bookies, according to local reports.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Asia World Football News Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:29 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12577-cypriot-unification-deal-is-still-on-the-table-despite-the-small-print http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12577-cypriot-unification-deal-is-still-on-the-table-despite-the-small-print EXCLUSIVE: By Andrew Warshaw
May 23 - Turkish Cypriot football officials insist that a landmark agreement aimed at unifying football on the politically divided island is not dead in the water and that a further meeting with the Greek side will be held next month.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Europe World Football News Thu, 23 May 2013 10:33:19 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/asia/12581-vietnam-football-federation-postpones-congress-over-voting-scandal http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/asia/12581-vietnam-football-federation-postpones-congress-over-voting-scandal By Mark Baber
May 23 - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has this morning decided to postpone its 7th VFF Congress scheduled for June 5, with a new date to be set at a meeting of the Executive Board on June 11.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Asia World Football News Thu, 23 May 2013 13:57:52 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-cup/qatar-2022/12575-bundesliga-chief-pours-more-heat-on-the-winter-world-cup-debate http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-cup/qatar-2022/12575-bundesliga-chief-pours-more-heat-on-the-winter-world-cup-debate By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
May 22 - German football supremo Christian Seifert today added his voice to the clamour against the 2022 World Cup taking place in Qatar's scorching summer heat - but warned that switching it to winter could end up in the courts.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Qatar 2022 World Cup News Wed, 22 May 2013 18:59:49 +0100 http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/central-north-america/12574-warner-strikes-back-legal-eagles-talk-of-kangaroo-court-and-unfair-processes http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/central-north-america/12574-warner-strikes-back-legal-eagles-talk-of-kangaroo-court-and-unfair-processes By Paul Nicholson
May 22 - Former CONCACAF president Jack Warner has hit back at the confederation's Integrity Committee report that blackened his name even further following the cash for votes scandal that lead to his resignation from the sport in 2011.]]> paulnicholson@sportsolutionsltd.com (Paul Nicholson) Featured Central & North America World Football News Wed, 22 May 2013 15:27:47 +0100